Stardock recently released the game Elemental. Unfortunately, when the game launched, it was not nearly as bug-free as many customers expected, and player feedback suggested that it needed a lot of additional tweaking to be a better game.

I think this transparency is great, because it shows a potential buyer that problems will be fixed and that the company takes these issues seriously. At the same time, it can also turn away potential customers who see the product's problems. In this instance, I fall into both camps: I am waiting until a few more bugs are resolved before buying the game.

Few companies take it to the extreme that Stardock has done with Elemental. How do you feel about companies exposing their roadmaps to customers?